The Kell-Hillgrove football game won’t be played Friday after a positive COVID-19 case was reported on the Hillgrove team.
Kell athletic director Richard Norman sent a message to the “Kell Family” Thursday night saying that the school’s administration was told of the confirmed positive case earlier in the day:
“While this outcome is undesirable, our highest priority is the health and safety of our students and staff. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support. Tickets purchases will be refunded from GoFan.”
GoFan is an online ticket sales hub that many high schools have been using to sell limited tickets for sports (here’s the Kell link).
The Longhorns, who are 0-1 after a season-opening loss to Walton last week, are the second East Cobb football team to have a game cancelled due to COVID.
Wheeler was to have played North Atlanta last weekend, but that opponent backed out for similar reasons. Instead, the Wildcats played Marietta, which also had an opponent cancel, and the Blue Devils prevailed 35-14.
In other games tonight, Wheeler plays at home against Dutchtown, Pope is at Walton, Sprayberry at Collins Hill and Lassiter is at Lambert.
Kell’s next game is next Friday at Pope.
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